The Mix Tapes

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Exchange Program

Hello. Are you from Reddit /r/minidisc? If you mail me a MD-format mix tape or bootleg, I will send you one back in response. Please include a note which states which MD(s) from this list you wish to receive and your mailing address in case the shipping label is damaged. Include your email address if you want to receive shipping notifications. You may send multiple MDs and I will send multiple MDs back. There are no particular requirements about the music you put on the MD(s) you send, whatever you think is cool.

Send your MD to:

Colin Leigh
700 NW Gilman Blvd E103 PMB135
Issaquah, WA 98027 USA

Catalog

Here the term "mix tape" is used generically regardless of the physical media format. These are mix tapes and bootlegs arranged or recorded by Alex Leigh, unless otherwise noted.

Ratings are as follows:

  • 0: Not intended for regular musical listening, not/applicable, etc.
  • 1: I would turn this off or skip if it came on.
  • 2: Wouldn't turn it off, don't love it.
  • 3: This is great.

Source Media indicates the physical media the recording was received as, not how it may have been originally recorded or presented. Digital means that the track was received via digital means (CD, flac, mp3, etc). A "concert bootleg" was recorded live at a venue using microphones. A "soundboard recording" was recorded live at a venue via an output on the soundboard or mixer. Copies of minidiscs are lossless (are not re-encoded).

by Alex Leigh

Number Alex Rating Name Source Media Description
0x3 3 YELLOWSTONE Digital When they want your land.
0x4 3 GOING HUNTING Digital When it is time to throw down.
0x5 3 I HAVE QUESTIONS Digital It's the 90s, and I have questions.
0x6 2 LAST MINUTE Concert Bootleg Bootleg recorded by aleigh at the Valley Bar, Phoenix. Zolita.
0x7 3 LA, SWIFTLY Digital Synth-laden for sunset.
0x9 3 NOT A CHAPERONE Digital I'll let you know what enough is when I get there.
0x10 3 YEAH IT IS Digital Those catchy 90s rap songs people don't want to admit they like.
0xA 3 EDGE OF WAR Digital We've come to the brink, and I'm liking what I am seeing.
0xB 3 LIFE IS STRANGE Digital Music inspired by the Life is Strange video game.
0xC 3 IMPULSE DRIVE Digital For driving the strip at night while wearing sunglasses.
0xD 3 WHITE RABBIT Digital Follow the rabbit.
0xE 3 TOKYO PROTOCOL Digital Hardwave for overpasses & tunnels.
0xF 3 LIVING IS DYING Digital The cycle of life: We are born, we live, we die.
0x11 3 离这里很远 Digital Proof you don't have to understand the words.
0x12 3 DEAD LANGUAGE Digital For the breakup. You're better off anyways.
0x13 3 DARE ME Digital
0x14 3 IT WAS Digital
0x15 3 BEAUTIFUL Digital
0x16 3 UNTIL IT WENT Digital
0x17 3 TOO FAR Digital
0x18 3 SPECTER Digital Classic rock, blues, and soul.
0x19 3 FORWARD Digital Wheels up at 3am, but right now you've got a fifth of whisky and an easy disposition.
0x1A 3 FAIRLADY Digital Deploy when riding in a Nissan Z-car.
0x1B 3 THE TIME HAS COME Digital Vinyl bootleg of UNKLE remixes.
0x1C 3 MALICIOUS COMPLIANCE Digital Guest mix by Nikki after being nagged her for weeks to do it.
0x1D 3 HEAVY LIGHT Digital Bootleg of scblock mix scb013
0x1E 3 DON'T Digital Bootleg of scblock mix scb012
0x1F 2 A BEAUTIFUL NOISE Digital Bootleg of scblock mix scb010
0x20 3 STRAYLIGHT Digital At the Villa's silicon core is a small room.
0x22 0 REFERENCE Minidisc This mix contains tracks used to technically evaluate audio equipment.
0x23 3 COFFIN CORNER Digital For regimes at near-critical speeds.

Bootlegs

Number Alex Rating Name Source Media Description
0x1 3 BADA LOUNGE Soundboard Recording DJ set performed live at the Bada Lounge, Seattle, 2002.
0x2 1 BJORK Cassette Tape Bjork's childhood album. This is an odd one and is low quality, and is not recommended except for die-hard Bjork fans who have a historical interest.
0x8 2 THE DAD TAPE Concert Bootleg Bootlegged live performance of a Canadian band you have never heard of. Audio is middling quality.
0x1B 3 THE TIME HAS COME Digital Vinyl bootleg of UNKLE remixes.
0x1C 3 MALICIOUS COMPLIANCE Digital Guest mix by Nikki after being nagged her for weeks to do it.
0x1D 3 HEAVY LIGHT Digital Bootleg of scblock mix scb013
0x1E 3 DON'T Digital Bootleg of scblock mix scb012
0x1F 2 A BEAUTIFUL NOISE Digital Bootleg of scblock mix scb010
0x21 0 GEAR COMPARISON Digital Bootleg of scblock mix scb011. This mix contains tracks used to technically evaluate audio equipment.
0x22 0 REFERENCE Minidisc This mix contains tracks used to technically evaluate audio equipment.
0x23 3 ROADTRIP Cassette Tape Bootleg of a scblock mix. Original source: cassette tape digitally recorded at 24/96.
0x24 3 MURDER Cassette Tape Bootleg of a scblock mix. Original source: cassette tape digitally recorded at 24/96.
0x25 3 THE LESSER KNOWN Cassette Tape Bootleg of a scblock mix. Original source: cassette tape digitally recorded at 24/96.
0x26 3 HALF N HALF Minidisc Bootleg of bhair mix 1.
0x27 3 WEDNESDAY Minidisc Bootleg of a Nikki mix inspired by Wednesday Addams. No track marks.

Mastering

In the Minidisc-era for the tapes, mastering is burning a CD with the following settings:

  • SoundCheck: Enabled (LUFS -16db)
  • Gap: 2 seconds. This is required for gap detection on the MD deck to work properly. With the MDS-JB940 the detection is 1.5 seconds.

On the MD:

  • SP mode
  • Filters disabled
  • Optical connection to CD transport

From Vinyl:

  • 24/96, RIAA curve to CD to MD (as above)

Sent Out-Of-Band

Tape

Note: This list is very incomplete.

  • MM: 0x8, 0x7, 0x5
  • BH: 0x7, 0x4

Minidisc

  • SB: 0x20, 0x22
  • CP: 0x20
  • BH: 0x20, 0x1A